Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Penstemon canescens
Eastern gray beardtongue is a soft-haired Appalachian penstemon with lavender-purple tubes, happy in the part shade and average soils of woodland edges.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- purple, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, GA, KY, MD, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV